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Language and Identities

By Dominic Watt

Language and Identities

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This volume offers a broad survey of our current state of knowledge on the connections between variability in language use and the construction, negotiation, maintenance and performance of identities. Bringing together the expertise of distinguished international scholars in specially commissioned chapters, the book provides a thematic reader and essential resource for advanced students and researchers in language and identity studies. Leading scholars consider: Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of language and identityIndividual identitiesGroup and community identitiesNational and supra-local regional identities Dealing sequentially with both social and personal identities at various levels, the chapters use detailed empirical evidence to illustrate how the multi-layered, dynamic nature of identities is realised through linguistic behaviour. Several chapters in the collection focus on contexts in which a heightened sense of identity might be expected: cases in which identities may be disputed, changing, blurred, peripheral, or imposed. Such a focus on complex contexts allows clearer insight into the identity-making and -marking functions of language. The collection approaches these topics from a range of perspectives, with contributions from sociolinguists, sociophoneticians, linguistic anthropologists, clinical linguists and forensic linguists.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2009-12-15
Publication Date:
2009-12-18
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0748635777
ISBN13:
9780748635771
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
480 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
236 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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